Editor's Picks - Dark Wave

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The Beauty of Gemina: A Stranger to Tears

The spectrum stretches from dark-wave borrowings, complex industrial sounds, techno-like beats, brute rock attacks to romantic sleepy moments. Darkest tales sung by a charismatic voice, paced by hypnotic beats, tricky rhythms and ingenious baselines.

Recommended if you like Depeche Mode, Diary of Dreams, Nine Inch Nails.
  • Buy CD - $17.95
 
Paper Brain: Aint Nobody Cares

Dreamy soundscapes, melodies and harmonic interludes play to the present while hinting at the past. A fine mix of dark pop and NW indie.

Recommended if you like Arcade Fire, Pavement, The Beatles.
  • Buy CD - $12.99
 
Curious: Arrhythmia

Guitar-Wave/Alternative inspired by the 80's sounds of bands like The Cure, but with their own CURIOUS style.

Recommended if you like And Also the Trees, The Cure.
  • Buy CD - $14.00
 
Toupé: Chat!

Genre crossing, bass funk jazz, rock, fusion, grunge with satire, logic, humor and sex.

Recommended if you like Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtardo, Primus.
  • Download Album (MP3) - $17.00
  • Buy CD - $17.00
 
Giorgio Maggiore: Dentro Ai Tuoi Sogni

After having performed and produced two records strongly influenced by early eighties British dark bands, in 2007 a very different album is released, with few lyrics than in the previous records and with more instrumental tracks.

Recommended if you like Ennio Morricone, The Durutti Column.
  • Download Album (MP3) - $3.99
  • Buy CD - $6.99
 
Elvis Has Left the Building: Elvis Has Left the Building

Lyrically insightful vocal harmonies, guitar, mandolin, and cello derived from a unique combination of original acoustic Americana and power folk.

Recommended if you like James McMurtry, John Hiatt, Josh Ritter.
  • Download Album (MP3) - $5.00
  • Buy CD - $5.00
 
The Divine Madness: Neverworld

This amazing band wows listeners with sonic Romanticism; the Gothic style re-invented with New Wave, Industrial, & Classical influences all wrapped in a bed of Victoria's lush vocals. Female Fronted Melodic Metal.

Recommended if you like Blondie, HIM, Sarah Brightman.
  • Download Album (MP3) - $11.99
  • Buy CD - $12.97
 
Axoe: Telegraphic

Axoe's debut synthpop album blends synths and rhythms with intimate, arresting vocals on dance anthems, gentle valentines and songs of brooding intensity.

Recommended if you like Depeche Mode, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the D, Wolfsheim.
  • Download Album (MP3) - $15.00
  • Buy CD - $15.00
 
Cooper: The December Sessions

dark. moody, epic, pop

Recommended if you like Coldplay, U2.
  • Download Album (MP3) - $9.99
  • Buy CD - $12.97
 
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